Me dunkt

etymology.com:
methinks (v.)
"it appears to me" (now archair or poetic only), from Old English me þyncð "it seems to me," from me (pron.), dative of I, + þyncð, third person singular of þyncan "to seem," reflecting the Old English distinction between þyncan "to seem" and related þencan "to think," which bedevils modern students of the language (see think). The two thinks were constantly confused, then finally merged, in Middle English. Related: Methought.

Thylke

Uit: Rip Van Winkle, Wahington Irving

Als je een beetje gaat zoeken op thylke, zie je al snel dat het woord eigenlijk alleen in Rip Van Winkle lijkt voor te komen. Gezien de sterke Nederlandse invloed in het boek denk je als rechtgeaarde volksetymoloog toch al snel dat thylke eigenlijk gewoon zulke is, op z’n Engels uitgesproken.

Etymology Corner: Sandbox

The etymology of the term sandbox is straightforward. Colloquially, a sandbox is just a box full of sand in which children can play.

In computer security, the term sandbox was borrowed to mean a safe place where (often untrusted) programs can play without danger of taking out critical resources. Apache offers sandboxes for projects (e.g. the Lucene Sandbox and Commons Sandbox).

A related concept is Apache's incubator, aimed at providing a trial space for projects aspiring to Apache status.

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Via LingPipe

Janus, Custodian of the Cosmos

Uit een artikel van Brenda Sutton op de site van het Mythic Imagination Institute. Een kort lesje in etymologie – en voor sommige lezers en mijzelf anderszins interessante info.


Who doesn't remember their elementary school janitor as a mysterious person of power? The man saw everything. He was always there when someone thought they could sneak in or out of the building. He guarded and often guided the errant and helpless. The janitor. His title comes from the Roman god Janus, (pronounced "YAH-noos") who remains the custodian of the cosmos, watching over and caring for the world.

Janus maintains a place of slight remembrance on our calendars — Januarius (pertaining to Janus) — but his occupation at the start of the year is no accident. New Year's Day is sacred to Him. Pater Matutinus — father of the morning, son of light — came before Jupiter and all of the other Roman gods that the modern world so readily remembers. Janus is the God of Gods.